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herdr lets an agent carry a unique live name (herdr agent rename, RPC agent.rename {target, name|null}; [a-z][a-z0-9_-]{0,31}, unique among live agents, gone when the agent exits) that other tools address it by (herdr agent prompt <name>). The web had Rename pane (a display label) but no way to set, clear or see that name. Now:

  • Server: POST /api/agent/rename { pane_id, name: string | null } -> { ok: true } (server/herdr/client.ts agentRename -> agent.rename with the pane id as target). The server validates the body shape only (missing_pane_id, invalid_name 400); herdr keeps the rule and the uniqueness, and its refusals pass through errorResponse as they are: invalid_agent_name, agent_name_taken, agent_not_found (a pane without a live agent). Route on the machine-proxy allowlist (MACHINE_PROXY_PATH) and the /api/machines/local/ alias, so remote PCs work.
  • Shared: AgentRenameRequest and the catalogue line in shared/protocol.ts; shared/agent-name.ts holds the name pattern for the browser and the demo (kept out of protocol.ts, which reads the environment at load). server/agent-name.ts reads its max length from it.
  • UI: Agent name… after Rename pane in a workspace row's menu, only while herdr lists a live agent in the pane (the bridge's OmO process-tree recognition alone is not one). An Agents row gets a ⋯ (no width at rest, always on touch) and a right-click menu with the same item. AgentNameDialog: a mono field checked against herdr's rule as you type (aria-invalid, the rule under the field, Save name disabled), a hint that reads the command back, Clear name while the agent has one, and herdr's own refusal shown verbatim on a conflict. The Agents row leads its second line with the name in mono (the kind takes the label's place beside it) and the tooltip keeps it. A rename from herdr's TUI/CLI reaches the page through pane.updated -> session-changed (fix(collector): refresh sessions on herdr lifecycle events #725), no new subscription.
  • Demo (site/demo/transport.ts) answers the route on the fixture agents with the same codes; i18n ko/ja/zh; CHANGELOG; DESIGN.md (menu, dialog, Agents row).

herdr RPCs used: agent.rename, read back from agent.list / session.snapshot agents[].name; pane.report_agent only in the contract test, to give a pane the test creates an agent identity. Measured on herdr 0.9.3: a rename emits pane_updated (set and clear) and nothing on output, scroll or a status change.

How it was checked

Commands run in the worktree (branch feat/agent-rename on origin/main 685293e, #725 included), all on this PC against isolated herdr sessions:

Command Result
bun run check fast (on 0179380) PASS - workflow syntax, generated types, typecheck, build, unit tests: 2339 pass, 7 skip, 0 fail (report node_modules/.cache/check/1a7bcb1c-…/report.json, verification verified; an earlier run on 833c47a: 468af1ac-…)
bun run check run --build sh -c 'bun test --timeout 15000 ./server/api.contract.test.ts && bun scripts/workspace-rows-regression.ts' contract test PASS - 103 pass, 0 fail (report 54f24cdb-…); the chained workspace-rows script FAILED at its menu assertion on a pre-existing stale expectation: #679 added Move up / Move down and the script (run by name only, not in the CI lane) still expects a menu without them - #735. The Agent name… item is correctly absent there (a shell pane).
bun run check run --build bun scripts/workspace-rows-regression.ts with that one expected list patched locally (never committed) PASS on this branch - PASS one row per workspace, its split pane reached from the tab strip, and rename scopes kept apart (report 3800d485-…), so Rename pane and the rest of the menu flow are unchanged
HERDR_TEST_SESSION=herdr-web-ui-qa-I bun test --timeout 15000 ./server/api.contract.test.ts -t "agent rename" (pre-flight on the QA session) PASS - 2 pass, 0 fail
HERDR_TEST_MODE=unit bun test ./src/lib/i18n.test.ts ./src/motion.test.ts ./src/lib/sidebarAgents.test.ts ./server/agent-name.test.ts PASS - 35 pass, 0 fail
bun scripts/sidebar-activity-demo-regression.ts (Agents list rows on the demo fixtures) PASS - 3 checks
bun run typecheck (on 0179380) PASS

After origin/main moved to 78b4188 (#729, pane find), the branch merged it (dd88d46; one conflict in MACHINE_PROXY_PATH, resolved by keeping pane/find and agent/rename) and the checks were rerun on the merged HEAD: bun run check fast PASS (2341 pass, 0 fail; report 68e2a64a-…), bun run check run bun test --timeout 15000 ./server/api.contract.test.ts ./server/find.contract.test.ts PASS (115 pass, 0 fail; report 945cda56-…).

The new contract cases (describe("agent rename") in server/api.contract.test.ts): a shell pane answers agent_not_found; after pane.report_agent on a pane the test creates, set -> 200 and agent.list / /api/session carry the name; Bad Name -> invalid_agent_name with herdr's message and the name kept; a second reported agent asking for the same name -> agent_name_taken; the /api/machines/local/ alias clears with null; malformed bodies -> 400 missing_pane_id / invalid_name without touching herdr; GET -> 400; the route joined the non-object-body sweep and the error-envelope list.

Browser QA (Playwright Chromium from node_modules, dist/ served by the worktree's server on :7459 against the isolated herdr-web-ui-qa-I session, temp state dir), evidence under /tmp/parity-qa-I/:

  • desktop 1280: desktop-01-agents-list.png … desktop-09-row-cleared.png - the Agents-row ⋯ menu, the dialog (empty / invalid "Bad Name" / set), the row showing qa-reviewer · claude · … 832 ms after Save, herdr's agent_name_taken message verbatim in the dialog, the workspace-row menu with Agent name… after Rename pane, a shell workspace's menu without it (and not in the Agents list), Clear name. Log: browser-qa.log (24 PASS, 0 FAIL).
  • phone 390 (touch): phone-01-agents-list.png … phone-04-row-named.png - drawer, the ⋯ always visible, the bottom-sheet menu, the dialog as a sheet, the row named qa-phone.
  • TUI concurrency (herdr TUI client on the same session in tmux, its raw PTY stream replayed through xterm.js): tui-02-after-web-rename.png/.txt shows qa-web-tui in the TUI's agents panel after the web rename, agent-list-after-web-rename.txt and api-snapshot-after-web-rename.json carry it; the reverse herdr --session herdr-web-ui-qa-I agent rename w1:p1 cli-named showed in the web row in 786 ms (web-after-cli-rename.png, tui-03-after-cli-rename.png) and --clear dropped it in 794 ms (web-after-cli-clear.png). Log: concurrency-qa.log.

Known limits

agent.rename on the pane's live agent, null to clear. herdr keeps the rule and uniqueness: invalid_agent_name, agent_name_taken and agent_not_found pass through errorResponse unchanged. The route is on the machine proxy allowlist and the local alias; shared/agent-name.ts holds the name pattern for the browser and the demo, and server/agent-name.ts reads its length from it.
…ents list

Agent name… follows Rename pane in a workspace row's menu while herdr lists a live agent in the pane, and an Agents row gets a ⋯ and right-click menu with it. The dialog checks herdr's rule as the name is typed, offers Clear name while the agent has one, and shows herdr's own refusal for a name another agent holds. The Agents row leads its second line with the name in mono, the kind beside it. The demo answers the route on its fixture agents.
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  • New Features
    • Set or clear a live agent’s name from workspace or agent-row menus. Names are validated as you type, must be unique among running agents, and can be up to 32 characters.
    • View an agent’s name in the Agents list. The dialog explains naming rules and displays an error if a name is unavailable.
    • Names set through the terminal UI or CLI are reflected in the web app.
    • Agent-naming controls are available in Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.

Walkthrough

The change adds live agent naming through the server API, demo transport, and web UI. Users can set or clear names, and agent rows display live names. The machine proxy allowlist also accepts workspace directory requests.

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Live Agent Naming

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rename contract and API
shared/agent-name.ts, shared/protocol.ts, server/agent-name.ts, server/herdr/client.ts, server/index.ts, site/demo/transport.ts, server/api.contract.test.ts
A shared validator and request type define agent naming. The server and demo transport handle rename requests. Contract tests cover request validation, remote forwarding, and rename outcomes.
Naming dialog and menu integration
src/components/AgentNameDialog.*, src/components/Sidebar.tsx, src/lib/api.ts, src/lib/machineContext.tsx, src/lib/i18n.*.ts
Workspace and agent-row menus open a dialog to set or clear an agent name. The dialog validates input, submits requests, and displays errors. Translations provide the dialog text and naming guidance.
Agent row display and feature documentation
src/components/AgentSidebar.*, scripts/ui-regression.ts, CHANGELOG.md, DESIGN.md
Agent rows display live names and provide naming menus. The regression check covers dialog dismissal and focus. The changelog and design document describe the controls and name display.

Machine Proxy Route Allowlist

Layer / File(s) Summary
Workspace directory proxy route
server/machine-api.ts
The machine proxy path pattern now accepts workspace/directories requests.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: yoonwoo-ha, nahwan-kim


Merge Risk | 🔵 Low · up to 19f98

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 19f98

Remote renaming is admitted through the bridge, and the earlier UI issues are fixed. The remaining discrepancy is limited to demo requests; merging is reasonable with follow-up to align the demo route with production.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 19f98

The new naming action remains behind existing access controls and targets the intended computer. No new credential exposure was established, but lifecycle, concurrent-update and timeout guarantees remain unconfirmed.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A principal with existing drive access can select a connected registered computer and submit a pane-targeted rename there. The inspected authorization boundary is computer/session control, not a new per-pane ownership policy. Watch access remains barred from this mutation.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — The supplied credential-exposure candidate is not supported by the inspected forwarding path. Request data does not supply the destination URL; the proxy selects a registered endpoint, replaces browser credentials with that endpoint's bridge token and rejects redirects. This supports rejection of that candidate, not a claim that uninspected surfaces are safe.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The direct endpoint requires existing full access or an authorized bridge token. Cross-origin mutations and watch-role mutations are rejected before dispatch. Remote and local-alias mutations also require the machine-control header, and the remote proxy forwards only explicitly selected headers.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Contract-test source covers set/read-back/clear, missing live agents, invalid-name preservation, collision refusal and bridge-token forwarding. It does not establish concurrent commit behavior, exit/replacement identity safety or timeout recovery. Those guarantees remain outside the available daemon evidence.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Establish the daemon contract for replacement identity, atomic uniqueness and repeated renames. For ambiguous transport failures, reconcile the current live target and name before retrying; use an agent-generation check if pane identity alone does not reject stale targets.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: setting and displaying herdr live agent names from sidebar row menus.
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🟠 Major · Allow bridge-token access to agent rename. · index.ts:1408

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Allow bridge-token access to agent rename.

The machine proxy sends the remote bridge token, but /api/agent/rename is missing from bridgePath. Remote rename requests therefore receive 401 before the handler runs.

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-      const bridgePath = pathname === "/api/bridge" || pathname === "/api/session" || pathname === "/api/agents" || pathname === "/api/integrations" || pathname === "/api/plugins/actions" || pathname === "/api/plugin/action" || pathname.startsWith("/api/pane/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/workspace/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/worktree/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/tab/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/fs/") || pathname === "/ws";
+      const bridgePath = pathname === "/api/bridge" || pathname === "/api/session" || pathname === "/api/agents" || pathname === "/api/agent/rename" || pathname === "/api/integrations" || pathname === "/api/plugins/actions" || pathname === "/api/plugin/action" || pathname.startsWith("/api/pane/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/workspace/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/worktree/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/tab/") || pathname.startsWith("/api/fs/") || pathname === "/ws";
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Update the bridgePath allowlist to include the exact /api/agent/rename route so
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- Around line 90-92: Update the “Agent name…” menu action in menuItems to
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🟠 Major · Authorize remote bridge requests to the rename route. · index.ts:1932

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Authorize remote bridge requests to the rename route.

The machine proxy forwards /api/agent/rename with only the bridge bearer. Add this path to bridgePath; otherwise authenticated is false and the request receives 401 before the rename handler runs.

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Apply the rename route’s request checks in the demo.

A PUT /api/agent/rename request with a valid body changes the demo agent name, although the server accepts only POST. A request without pane_id also returns agent_not_found instead of missing_pane_id. Check the method and pane ID before looking up the agent.

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The worktree check reports a codex agent on the worktree's pane before it
opens that row's menu, so herdr lists the pane as an agent and the menu
offers "Agent name..." after "Rename pane", as the row menu does for every
pane herdr lists. The expectation predated that item.
A remote PC's bridge authenticates the proxy with its registered bridge
token, so the paths the proxy forwards are listed as bridge paths. The
rename endpoint was not, and a remote rename answered 401 while the other
pane controls worked. The contract test renames through the proxy against a
bridge whose browser token differs from its bridge token.
- AgentSidebar: read the current agent name from rows when the user
  clicks Agent name instead of using the stale menu-open snapshot,
  so a rename by another client between open and click is seen.
- AgentSidebar: useCallback for the menu close handler so RowMenu's
  placement layout effect does not re-run on every render.
- CHANGELOG: add PR #736 link.
- UI regression: cover the Agent name dialog overlay/escape/focus
  restoration sequence.
# Conflicts:
#	server/herdr/client.ts
#	server/index.ts
#	server/machine-api.ts
#	shared/protocol.ts
#	site/demo/transport.ts
#	src/lib/api.ts
#	src/lib/machineContext.tsx
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CHANGELOG: missing PR link Fixed dfc3c3a
AgentSidebar: stale agent name from menu open Fixed dfc3c3a – reads current name from rows at click time
AgentSidebar: unstable onClose re-renders RowMenu Fixed dfc3c3a – useCallback for stable reference

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